The mission of the College of Liberal Arts is to provide a
learning community wherein students are provided both broad-based
and specialized education and to vitalize the educational process
by creating and transmitting knowledge through research,
scholarship and creative activity.

The college is characterized by a diversity of intellectual
styles and interests. Departments and programs cluster into
social sciences, humanities and fine arts. Liberal Arts
disciplines address the rich meanings of human experience and
expression and liberate the imagination.

The traditional objectives of liberal arts in the University are:
(1) to develop the tools for analysis, appreciation and
communication; for written and oral expression; for
comprehension, interpretation, and analysis of textual material;
for analytic reasoning and scientific method; and for
appreciation of aesthetic experience; (2) to prepare students for
a range of careers in academia and public and private sector
organizations. Graduates of the college contribute to the region,
the state and the nation as college and university professors,
elementary and secondary teachers, legal professionals, in
government agencies, social services, international business and
industry, media and advertising, health and recreation, and
cultural and entertainment industries; and (3) to promote
understanding and critical evaluation of the cultural milieux of
the attitudes and the ideas that shape institutions and
strategies in societies.

A liberal arts education prepares the student for leadership in
whatever profession or vocation he or she chooses and is designed
to help students live enlightened, purposeful, and effective
lives in a challenging, complex, and global technological
environment.

A center of learning and scholarship, the College of Liberal Arts
and its departments and programs help students achieve an
understanding and knowledge of the past, a comprehension of the
realities of the present, and a sense of the vision and potential
of the future. Our courses of study not only develop habits of
mind (such as mastery in reading, communication, and critical
thinking skills), but also address the meaning of human
experience and expression.

The college promotes these goals in the following ways:

By enabling students to develop the tools for analysis,
appreciation and communication; for written and oral expression;
for comprehension, interpretation, and analysis of textual
material; for analytic reasoning and scientific method; and for
appreciation of aesthetic experience;

By enabling students to prepare for professions or careers by
offering specialized major programs; and

By enabling students to understand and evaluate critically
the attitudes and ideas that shape contemporary society.

Because they deal with the meanings of human experience, the
Liberal Arts are the oldest and most central study in higher
education, with a past that reaches back to the origins of the
university in the Middle Ages. The disciplinary units of the
college provide current perspectives on the individual, society,
culture, and the cosmos; the various courses of study taken
together offer students a range of approaches to the human
condition. Through their research and teaching, the faculty of
the college seek to prepare students to achieve success in many
different professions, to contribute to the community, and to
lead enriched and enlightened lives.

Departments and Programs

The College of Liberal Arts offers programs of study in 12
academic units.

Art and Art History

Modern Languages

Communication

Music

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Philosophy and Humanities

English

Political Science

History

Sociology and Anthropology

Linguistics and TESOL

Theatre Arts

The college also offers interdisciplinary programs of
undergraduate study in the Centers for Post-Soviet and East
European Studies, Mexican American Studies, Southwestern Studies,
and Women's Studies. Military Science offers a program that leads
to a commission in the U.S. Army.

Interdisciplinary Minors

Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor

The medieval and early modern world saw major social and cultural
changes - the rise of the middle class, the development of the
individual, the emergence of the nation state, and the
consolidation of many modern languages. The Medieval and Early
Modern Studies minor fosters insterdisciplinary study of these
periods, encouraging students to explore and connect topics in
language, literature, history, art, and philosophy. The minor in
Medieval and Early Modern Studies comprises courses taught by
members of various departments in the College of Liberal Arts.

Students seeking to minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
should first consult with advisors in their departments or
programs for approval of the minor, then with the Director of the
Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (currently Dr. Sarah
Davis-Secord of the Department of History). A minor in Medieval
and Early Modern Studies consists of six courses (18 hours total)
selected from the courses listed below, with no more than nine
hours to be completed within any single discipline. In addition,
other relevant topics courses not listed below may be used to
fulfill the minor, with the approval of the Director. Students
should consult the catalog and/or the appropriate department for
prerequisites.

ART 3306 Byzantine and Medieval Art

ART 3307 The Early Renaissance

ART 3308 High Renaissance

ART 4306 Mid-Reneaissance

ART 4396 Special Sudies in Art History (if topic relevant)

ENGL 2303 Topics in Literature (if topic relevant)

ENGL 3351 History of British Literature I

ENGL 4301 History of the English Language

ENGL 4321 Medieval British Literature

ENGL 4323 Seventeenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 4325 Chaucer

ENGL 4326 Shakespeare

ENGL 4334 Special Topics in British Literature (if topic
relevant)

ENGL 4386 Dante

FREN 3311 French Literature and Culture I

FREN 4332 Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

GERM 3318 Special Topics in German Studies (if topic
relevant)

GERM 4321 Topics in Literature and Culture (if topic
relevant)

HIST 2313 History of England

HIST 3376 Medieval Europe I

HIST 3377 Medieval Europe II

HIST 3378 Europe: The Renaissance

HIST 3379 Europe: The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

HIST 4330 Medieval Crusade and Jihad

HIST 4331 Medieval Travelers

HIST 4388 Selected Topics in History (if topic relevant)

PHIL 3302 History of Philosophy: Roman and Medieval
Philosophy

PHIL 3303 History of Philosophy: Renaissance and Early
Modern European Philosophy

SPAN 3302 Hispanic Literature in Translation (if topic
relevant)

SPAN 4310 Topics in Peninsular Spanish Literature and
Culture to the Eighteenth Century (if relevant)

SPAN 4313 Topics in Hispanic Culture (if relevant)

SPAN 4330 Topics in Spanish Linguistics (if relevant)

For information on the Medieval and Early Modern Studies
minor, contact the Director at sdavis-secord@uta.edu

Liberal Arts Advising

Individual degree programs in the College of Liberal Arts have
undergraduate advisors who are available to help students with
academic planning, course selection, and professional career
advice. There is also a College of Liberal Arts advising office,
in which an advisor is available to help students with more
general questions and queries regarding their degree plans and
career goals. This office is located in 210 University Hall.

Admission to the College of Liberal Arts

Admission is determined by application to the academic unit
offering the degree of interest. Individual departments and
programs in the College of Liberal Arts may set more specific and
restrictive requirements than those stipulated in the Core
Curriculum statement (See Degree Program), and may set additional
requirements for admission to the major. Information may be
obtained in department and program offices.

The College of Liberal Arts has a modern and classical languages
requirement. Students must demonstrate proficiency at the second
year college level of a foreign or classical language. This
requirement for the B.A. degree at UT Arlington is designed to
help students become effective members of the global community.
It is not only essential for a broad education, but also provides
a basis for practical benefits to students with widely varying
and highly specific objectives. Proficiency may be demonstrated
through the prescribed score on the CLEP test for the language,
transfer of credits from another institution, completion of the
second year at UT Arlington, or proof of a secondary education in
a foreign language (as evidenced by a diploma from a high school
in which the language is the primary language of instruction).
Students who choose to fulfill the requirement through proof of
secondary education in another language must complete an addition
six hours of English courses in order to ensure their mastery of
English.

Computer Use and Oral Communication Competencies

Students majoring in Liberal Art disciplines are also required to
demonstrate computer use proficiency and oral communication
competency. Methods for demonstrating these competencies vary
across departments and programs within the College of Liberal
Arts and are detailed in the sections of this catalog pertaining
to the various majors.

Transfer Credits

Students entering the College of Liberal Arts may transfer up to
72 hours of academic credit from two-year institutions to be
applied to a degree.

Teacher Certification

The College of Education, in cooperation with the College of
Liberal Arts, offers programs leading to elementary, secondary
and all-level certification. Students interested in teacher
certification should consult the advisor or his/her major
department or the Advising Center of the College of Education for
more information.

Honors Degree in Liberal Arts

In addition to earning a disciplinary degree with Latin honors
(summa, magna, cum laude), Liberal Arts students who wish to
graduate with an Honors Degree in a Liberal Arts discipline must
be members of the Honors College in good standing, have an
overall GPA of 3.2, and complete the degree requirements in a
disciplinary major. The Honors course requirements include:

At least twenty-four (24) hours of Honors course work, overall
(all of which may also fulfill university core or disciplinary
major requirements):

Three hours in an approved research methods course

Three hours in an approved thesis/project course

Remaining Honors hours (to complete 24) to be chosen from
special Honors sections of University core requirements, other
Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars/Special Topics courses, Honors
Independent Study, Honors electives, Honors Credit Contract
courses, and Honors courses in the major. Students wishing to
pursue an Honors degree must meet with an Honors College advisor
as early as possible.

Study Abroad

The College of Liberal Arts offers many opportunities for
students wishing to study abroad. Programs in Mexico, Spain,
France, Italy, Germany and other locations are led by faculty
from different departments. Semester-long programs with
affiliated institutions are also available.

Scholarships

Scholarships for outstanding undergraduate students are available
from the College of Liberal Arts. Students may receive more
information by contacting their academic advisor.

Double Majors

Students in the College of Liberal Arts may obtain a double major
by completing all requirements for a degree in any one of Liberal
Arts' disciplines plus the major area requirements in any other
discipline in the College of Liberal Arts. Requirements in the
second major will fulfill the minor requirement. The diploma and
transcript will reflect both majors.

Pass-Fail

Any student majoring in the College of Liberal Arts may, with the
permission of an advisor from his/her major department and of the
department or academic unit offering the course, take any course
approved with a pass/fail grading option on a pass-fail basis,
provided that the course is not required for the student's degree
and provided the student has sophomore standing (30 hours
credit). Students seeking teacher certification may not take
education courses on a pass-fail basis with the exception of
student teaching which is offered only on a pass-fail basis.
Junior-senior level military science courses also may not be
taken on a pass-fail basis.